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Today, Showtime announced the renewals of its Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning series Homeland and the critically-acclaimed drama Masters of Sex for their fourth and second seasons respectively. Both series are set to return in 2014 with 12 one-hour episodes. Homeland airs on Sunday nights at 9 p.m. ET/PT, followed by Masters of Sex at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime. The announcement was made today by David Nevins, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc, who released the following statement....

The hashtag #SaveHannibal is trending on social media once again in light of recent news about The Silence of the Lambs getting a new sequel series. Called Clarice, the upcoming series will focus specifically on Jodie Foster’s character from the 1991 movie, taking place about one year after her ordeal with Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins). For big fans of Hannibal, the announcement serves as a harsh reminder that the prequel series was ended far too soon, bringing about another fan campaign to finally get some new episodes of the beloved show....

Snow White and the Huntsman, a new epic action-adventure from Universal Pictures, has now begun production at Pinewood Studios. The crew has started to construct some fantastic sets on the Studios’ backlot, as well as on some of its world famous stages. In the film, Kristen Stewart (Twilight) plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Oscar winner Charlize Theron) who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the one girl threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth, Thor) who was dispatched to kill her....

Eight months after the Sons of Anarchy spin-off entitled Mayans MC received a pilot order from FX, the network has decided to reshoot the pilot while recasting some of the key roles. The network has also brought in Norberto Barba (Grimm) to direct the new re-cast pilot and serve as an executive producer. Kurt Sutter, who co-created the new series with Elgin James, was planning on directing the pilot but now he will focus on the writing while handing directorial duties over to Norberto Barba....

The thunderous Mach 5, Speed Racer’s supercharged race car featured in Warner Bros. Pictures’ new live-action film Speed Racer, will be on display at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The general public can view the vehicle from January 19-21 at The International Auto Show COBO Center One located at Washington Blvd. Detroit, MI 48226. From writers/directors/producers Larry and Andy Wachowski, the creators of the groundbreaking The Matrix trilogy, and producer Joel Silver comes the live-action, high-octane film Speed Racer, which follows the adventures of the young race car driver Speed in his quest for glory in his thunderous Mach 5....

The new film Spider-Man: No Way Home is certainly not short on fan service, but we could have gotten several more surprises. Featuring a storyline with Tom Holland’s Spider-Man and Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange fracturing the multiverse, the film allows for characters to come in from alternate movie universes. This might seem obvious by this point in the story, but before we move along, be warned that MAJOR SPOILERS are ahead for Spider-Man: No Way Home....

Spike TV will celebrate the work of the late Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze in one of his cult-classic roles in the film Road House this Saturday, September 19 (10:00 PM - 12:30 AM, ET/PT). This special movie telecast will also include a special tribute to the Golden Globe-nominated actor who died yesterday at age 57 due to pancreatic cancer. The 1989 action film Road House stars Patrick Swayze as “Dalton,” a bouncer with a philosophical side, who takes on the chore of cleaning up a rowdy Missouri honky-tonk and runs into trouble with a local corrupt businessman....

Based on the 1994 Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie of the same name, the True Lies TV series will look to reboot the franchise almost 30 years later. While True Lies seemed to be the perfect movie to get a sequel, thanks to its box office performance and the ending setting up a follow story, that project sat in development hell for a long while before many believed that the 9/11 attack on New York’s Twin Towers saw the project canceled entirely....

GEFFEN STILL HAS A YEN FOR THE TIMES Entertainment mogul David Geffen has not given up hope of buying the Los Angeles Times. Although some financial analysts have suggested that capital gains taxes on a sale of the Timeswould rule out a deal with Geffen, the Timesitself, in an article about Geffen’s current efforts, quoted Lehman Bros. tax expert Robert Willens as saying that a sale could be structured as a “sponsored spinoff,” which the Timesdescribed as “an increasingly popular method for corporations to divest subsidiaries without incurring large tax bills....

DANCING BEATS SURVIVOR “Out with the old; in with the new” turned out to be the rule Thursday night as ABC’s Dancing with the Starsbeat the premiere of CBS’s Survivor: Panama – Exile Island in the ratingsand CBS’s Without a Tracebeat a highly promoted episode of NBC’s E.R.featuring James Woods. Dancingscored an 11.8 rating and an 18 share at 8:00 p.m., beating Survivor’s 10.7/17. NBC’s Will & Graceand Four Kings, were well behind, averaging a 4....

THE X FACTOR: TICKET-SALES FALL-OFF Ticket sales for X-Men Origins: Wolverine fell off more steeply on Sunday than 20th Century Fox executives had expected. The result was that the movie ended up with a total of $85.1 million versus the $87 million that the studio had estimated. The result also meant that the overall box-office finished a tad behind the comparable week last year, when Iron Manopened with $98.6 million, making it only the third week this year that sales were not significantly above last year’s....

REDSTONE FATHER AND DAUGHTER FEUDING AGAIN? Shari Redstone has disputed a report in the Wall Street Journalthat her family’s movie-theater business, National Amusements, was forced to sell $233 million worth of stock in CBS and Viacom in order to back a $1.6-billion loan used in large part to expand the theater chain. Redstone, the head of National Amusements and the daughter of company chairman Sumner Redstone, dashed off an email to the Journal, saying, “The implication that this stock sale was required by the operation and expansion of the company’s theater circuit is not accurate....

MURDOCH OUTLINES TV PLANS FOR WSJ Given the Wall Street Journal’s contractual obligation to CNBC until 2012, it may be unlikely that the newspaper will be able to contribute much – if any – content to the Fox Business Network, due to launch in October. But Rupert Murdoch, who called the deal with CNBC an “obstacle,” indicated that it might not prevent the Journalfrom bolstering News Corp’s satellite operations overseas. In a conference call with reporters and analysts Wednesday, Murdoch suggested that the Wall Street Journalmay provide reports for Sky News in the U....

WORLD SERIES A WINNER FOR FOX Fox’s coverage of The World Series may have seen a 25-percent ratings drop from last year, but it was good enough to give the network a lead among adults 18-49 last week and also give it its best numbers since the last edition of American Idol ended in May. The four games between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays all wound up among the top ten among the younger demographic most desired by advertisers, but only two landed in the top-ten among overall households....

With the Supernatural Season 13 premiere just around the corner, The CW debuted a new static and motion poster for the upcoming season, which features the Winchester Brothers and a somewhat surprising addition, Castiel (Misha Collins). For those who may not be caught up with the series yet, there will be SPOILERS below, but this poster teases that this season will represent the, “Dawn of Darkness,” which certainly seems to have some ominous overtones for the upcoming episodes....

British actor Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada), is set to join Susan Sarandon in playwright David Auburn’s The Girl In The Park, according to Production Weekly. Auburn who wrote the script will make his directorial debut on the film. Enduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her 3 year old daughter 15 years ago, Julia Sandburg (Sarandon) has cut herself off from anyone once near and dear to her, including her ex-husband Doug and her son Chris, who tried for years to penetrate her wall of isolation and despair, without success....

It seems an popular intern may be leaving Grace Hospital. According to People, actor T.R. Knight has asked to be let out of his contract for the popular ABC series. While the details of why Knight has asked to be off the show, it was said that the producers are expected to comply with Knight’s request to be written off the show. There were reports that Knight had not been attending table reads for the show and that he had walked off the set and cleared his dressing room, but, according to his rep, they are false....

On June 13th Green Street Hooligans will make it’s debut on DVD! To celebrate we are giving away some copies to a few lucky people… CLICK HERE to enter our contest! Synopsis: An American abroad is introduced to the heady but dangerous pleasures of violence in this powerful drama from Great Britain. Matt Buckner (Elijah Wood) is a journalism student from America who is expelled from college when his roommate sets him to take the fall after drugs are found in their dorm room....

FOX Broadcasting Company and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution have partnered with the American Forces Network (AFN) to preview Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles for America’s service personnel stationed overseas. The unprecedented sneak preview of the Pilot episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles will air on AFNprime Monday, Jan. 14 (9:00 PM viewer time), within hours after the network premiere Sunday, Jan. 13 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Larry Marotta, Chief, Television Division, of American Forces Network said of the preview, “We are excited to sneak peek Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles within hours after the show’s network premiere for our service men and women and their families across the globe....

The world of movies has blessed us with many memorable characters. From the wise Dumbledore to the daring James Bond. Films have always been a steady source of self-righteous inspiration. Though, life isn’t as black and white as it’s often depicted in films. Characters aren’t just good or bad, right or wrong. There’s a certain shade of gray within us all; a certain kindness and a certain darkness. Society often propagates this self-righteous narrative, diluting the quotient of reality from the equation....